Firewall log shows access from "perl" every minute?

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I've got a program called "perl" attempting to bring information in from another machine on my network. This attempt is going on every 1 minute, but I have no program called "perl" in my applications.

I do have "perl" listed in my firewall with "Block Incoming Connections" Set.

Code:
Nov 21 15:00:44 imac-2 Firewall[48]: Deny perl data in from 10.0.0.50:3483 uid = 0 proto=17
Nov 21 15:01:44 imac-2 Firewall[48]: Deny perl data in from 10.0.0.50:3483 uid = 0 proto=17
Nov 21 15:02:44 imac-2 Firewall[48]: Deny perl data in from 10.0.0.50:3483 uid = 0 proto=17
Nov 21 15:03:44 imac-2 Firewall[48]: Deny perl data in from 10.0.0.50:3483 uid = 0 proto=17
Nov 21 15:04:44 imac-2 Firewall[48]: Deny perl data in from 10.0.0.50:3483 uid = 0 proto=17
Nov 21 15:05:44 imac-2 Firewall[48]: Deny perl data in from 10.0.0.50:3483 uid = 0 proto=17
Nov 21 15:06:44 imac-2 Firewall[48]: Deny perl data in from 10.0.0.50:3483 uid = 0 proto=17
Nov 21 15:07:44 imac-2 Firewall[48]: Deny perl data in from 10.0.0.50:3483 uid = 0 proto=17
Nov 21 15:08:44 imac-2 Firewall[48]: Deny perl data in from 10.0.0.50:3483 uid = 0 proto=17
Nov 21 15:09:44 imac-2 Firewall[48]: Deny perl data in from 10.0.0.50:3483 uid = 0 proto=17
Nov 21 15:10:44 imac-2 Firewall[48]: Deny perl data in from 10.0.0.50:3483 uid = 0 proto=17
Nov 21 15:11:44 imac-2 Firewall[48]: Deny perl data in from 10.0.0.50:3483 uid = 0 proto=17
Nov 21 15:12:44 imac-2 Firewall[48]: Deny perl data in from 10.0.0.50:3483 uid = 0 proto=17
Nov 21 15:13:44 imac-2 Firewall[48]: Deny perl data in from 10.0.0.50:3483 uid = 0 proto=17
Nov 21 15:14:44 imac-2 Firewall[48]: Deny perl data in from 10.0.0.50:3483 uid = 0 proto=17
Nov 21 15:15:44 imac-2 Firewall[48]: Deny perl data in from 10.0.0.50:3483 uid = 0 proto=17

Is thing suspicious? Does anyone know where I would find "perl"? Which I take it is the scripting language?

Thanks,

Mark.
 

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